1900XTX not performing...

[akshayt]

I think AMD 64 @ 2.4GHz should anyday beat Intel P4 3.8GHz except the lacking SSE3 in mine.Does that matter?

 

[josh6079]

I will try to post the clips in 1-2 days, my internet is slow and it will take some time to upload it.

As long as you post it in this thread.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: akshayt
I think AMD 64 @ 2.4GHz should anyday beat Intel P4 3.8GHz except the lacking SSE3 in mine.Does that matter?

Stay focused man. Who cares. Both our CPU's are very quick and should not have a negative impact on gaming performance.

 

[beggerking]

how about disable all your background tasks? maybe you have 1 too many antivirus/antispammer running in the background...?

also, in bios, you do have "assign irq to video" turned on correct?

 

[CrystalBay]

Try turning your in game texture resolution down. I know you should not have to with 512 of video memory , but it may help with the hitching. Maybe try the 6.11 cats.

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

Ok it seems no one knows what he's talking about so Ill jump in... He says the game runs at high FPS, yet has alot of stuttering, right? A friend of mine had that issue once... Back when he bought a Geforce 3 (and it was the best thing money could buy)

He had a P3 800 and 256 Ram or something... It was almost 6 years ago so obviously I dont remember, but the thing is, at first you think "the system was fine until he bought a new card, so its the card right?" WRONG! He later upgraded to a P4 1,4 and the issue was gone, so it must have been some motherboard/cpu/card incompatibility or whatever.. I dont even wanna think about it

Just so you have an idea of the stuttering, it works like this


-- 60 fps --->>> | STOP | --- 60 fps --->> | STOP | ---- 60 fps --->>

Each break is about 0.5 seconds, but its REALLY annoying

 

[Vinnybcfc]

Have you tried the card in another computer??

No point looking at anything else if you have tried numerous other things.

 

[LordGestle]

I'm assuming the sound card is not onboard. Disable the sound card in device manager, or bet yet remove it, and retest.
If It's better:
1) Try a different PCI. I have had luck in PCI 3 or 5, or the bottom one.
2) Try onboard

Also while people are trying to help, make sure you turn everything back to stock. Rule of thumb with overclocking is make sure it works first at stock. Once everything is confirmed working and a history is established, you can OC so you can narrow issues down quicker.

Update:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1120450 . This guy also has a software based audio card (XFI Xtremeaudio and your 24 Bit live if software not hardware based) and he noticed a 20% drop.

 

[imported_Truenofan]

actually, try taking out that sound card, see what happens. but yeah vinny he has, it worked fine.

 

[Zstream]

OMG you are all tards, it is the FPS render ahead method which is causing it. Download ATI Tray Tools, set the render ahead to 2 and you should be set. If this does not solve your problem I will apologize for the tard comment.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: Zstream
OMG you are all tards, it is the FPS render ahead method which is causing it. Download ATI Tray Tools, set the render ahead to 2 and you should be set. If this does not solve your problem I will apologize for the tard comment.

Is this FPS render ahead method used by default? Because I don't see anyone else complaining about this problem other than akshayt here.

 

[flexy]

since when has ATT a "render ahead" setting ? I am using an X850 w/ ATT and never saw this setting in ATT.

 

[imported_Truenofan]

ditto, x800xl and now x1900xt.

edit: where is this setting, im looking through the advanced settings and i do not see this.

 

[BFG10K]

it is the FPS render ahead method which is causing it.

I thought this was set to zero by default on ATi cards?

since when has ATT a "render ahead" setting ? I am using an X850 w/ ATT and never saw this setting in ATT.

Flip queue size.

 

[josh6079]

Originally posted by: BFG10K

it is the FPS render ahead method which is causing it.

I thought this was set to zero by default on ATi cards?

I don't know what the CCC uses, but when using ATI Tool it was set as "Undefined"...whatever that means.

 

[Zebo]

Sounds like you're doing bittorrent in background.. single cores hate that. Or pretty much anything else while gaming.

Alternativly sounds like your comp is whored out with spyware, malware etc sealing cycles.

Either way I would

- Format the drive
-Clean install SP2 no updates right now
-install mobo and video drivers
-Then install games in question

Install Nothing else and see if you still have problem. I so its hardware.

 

[crucibelle]

akshayt,

I have read in various hardware forums, that there is incompatibility with Antec NeoHE Psu and certain Asus motherboards. The board you have in your sig is one of them. However, the problems mentioned, are mostly freezing and shutting down during games... not stuttering, as you have described. May be worth it to try a different PSU, though.

edited to add link:

http://www.antec.com/us/support_roductInfo_FAQ.php?Qnumber=1&FAQno=22

 

[akshayt]

That incompatibility was with previous versions of the PSU, newer revisions had it solved.

What you guys are repeating, I have mostly done all of it, including trying at stock, removing the seound card, formatting, drivers etc.

 

[Mr Fox]

Originally posted by: akshayt
Hi

I know that I have posted many times on forums regarding this. Despite following most of what people said, my problem remains unsolved. I don't want any flame wars or meaningless posts, I just want to solve my problem. I hope people here help me with it.


My Rig:

AMD 64 3200 Winchester @ 2.4GHz @ 2.45V
Previously (few months back) the CPU was not oced and yet I used to get the same problem, even now I get the very same.
Asus A8N E Bios 1011 previously 1005
2 X 1GB DDR 400 Transcend using mem divider 333
Seagate SATA 160GB NCQ
Antec NeoHE 500
2 Optical drives
1 FDD
Creative Sound Blaster Live 24Bit!
Navtech local cabinet with temp display

GeCube Radeon X1900XTX

The Bolded Item is your issue, AMD Processors Respond to Memory Bandwidth.... You are Starving the System Bus . Open it up and Run the Memory at Stock, and see what Happens... Why were you Running it Like That ?


Along with what Hypertransport multiplier are you running at ?? If you are running at x5 you are probably Overheating the South Bridge... When overclocked.....



Try that and post back... I'm Suprized that no one else noticed that.


If that does not cure it post your BIOS settings back here.

 

[nullpointerus]

Originally posted by: Mr Fox

Originally posted by: akshayt
Hi

I know that I have posted many times on forums regarding this. Despite following most of what people said, my problem remains unsolved. I don't want any flame wars or meaningless posts, I just want to solve my problem. I hope people here help me with it.


My Rig:

AMD 64 3200 Winchester @ 2.4GHz @ 2.45V
Previously (few months back) the CPU was not oced and yet I used to get the same problem, even now I get the very same.
Asus A8N E Bios 1011 previously 1005
2 X 1GB DDR 400 Transcend using mem divider 333
Seagate SATA 160GB NCQ
Antec NeoHE 500
2 Optical drives
1 FDD
Creative Sound Blaster Live 24Bit!
Navtech local cabinet with temp display

GeCube Radeon X1900XTX

The Bolded Item is your issue, AMD Processors Respond to Memory Bandwidth.... You are Starving the System Bus . Open it up and Run the Memory at Stock, and see what Happens... Why were you Running it Like That ?

Along with what Hypertransport multiplier are you running at ?? If you are running at x5 you are probably Overheating the South Bridge... When overclocked.....

Try that and post back... I'm Suprized that no one else noticed that.

If that does not cure it post your BIOS settings back here.

His Athlon64 is overclocked, which means he has to lower the memory divider to keep the sticks running at or near stock speeds.

 

[Mr Fox]

Originally posted by: nullpointerus

Originally posted by: Mr Fox

Originally posted by: akshayt
Hi

I know that I have posted many times on forums regarding this. Despite following most of what people said, my problem remains unsolved. I don't want any flame wars or meaningless posts, I just want to solve my problem. I hope people here help me with it.


My Rig:

AMD 64 3200 Winchester @ 2.4GHz @ 2.45V
Previously (few months back) the CPU was not oced and yet I used to get the same problem, even now I get the very same.
Asus A8N E Bios 1011 previously 1005
2 X 1GB DDR 400 Transcend using mem divider 333
Seagate SATA 160GB NCQ
Antec NeoHE 500
2 Optical drives
1 FDD
Creative Sound Blaster Live 24Bit!
Navtech local cabinet with temp display

GeCube Radeon X1900XTX

The Bolded Item is your issue, AMD Processors Respond to Memory Bandwidth.... You are Starving the System Bus . Open it up and Run the Memory at Stock, and see what Happens... Why were you Running it Like That ?

Along with what Hypertransport multiplier are you running at ?? If you are running at x5 you are probably Overheating the South Bridge... When overclocked.....

Try that and post back... I'm Suprized that no one else noticed that.

If that does not cure it post your BIOS settings back here.

His Athlon64 is overclocked, which means he has to lower the memory divider to keep the sticks running at or near stock speeds.

I Have a couple of NF4 MOBO's...

you are better off to OC the RAM than do what he is doing... that is why i was asking about the HT.... AMD responds to Memory Bandwidth... and Low Latency.... Either that or he has Toasted the Southbridge...

 

[akshayt]

I have tried at stock, performance may only be worse I think.

Also, my RAM can't go very high with 1:1, anyway mem 333 divider makes no practical difference, already tried if you want proof.

 

[akshayt]

underclocking the card to around 1900xt speeds didn't help at all.

please tell me a free website to load single files worth about 200mb

 

[Mr Fox]

Originally posted by: akshayt
underclocking the card to around 1900xt speeds didn't help at all.

please tell me a free website to load single files worth about 200mb

www.filefront.com

 

[Zstream]

Originally posted by: akshayt
That incompatibility was with previous versions of the PSU, newer revisions had it solved.

What you guys are repeating, I have mostly done all of it, including trying at stock, removing the seound card, formatting, drivers etc.

Did you do the render frame option?